Tagelang

Tagelang is a constructed language designed as an educational and experimental system for linguistics and fiction. It is intended to be easy to learn, with regular morphology, a compact phoneme inventory, and a simple syntax to illustrate common typological patterns.

Phonology and writing: The sound system includes vowels a, e, i, o, u and consonants such as p, t, k, m, n, s, l, r. The language avoids phonemic tones and favors clean CV or CVC syllables. The writing system uses a Latin alphabet with optional diacritics to indicate stress or vowel quality. Stress generally falls on the penultimate syllable.

Grammar: Tagelang is analytic with limited inflection. The canonical word order is subject–verb–object; adjectives follow nouns; determiners precede nouns. Tense and aspect are marked by separate particles placed before the verb, and pronouns can be dropped when their role is clear from context.

Morphology and lexicon: The vocabulary emphasizes transparent roots and regular affixation. Common affixes include -al to form agent nouns and -en to mark past tense, though actual usage can vary by context. Compounding is frequent for creating new terms and concepts.

History and usage: Tagelang emerged in online constructed-language communities during the 2000s and 2010s as a collaborative educational project. It has no native speakers and exists mainly in grammar sketches, word lists, and sample texts on community wikis and forums. It is studied as an example of language design, typology, and conlang practice.